Visitors' Historic Britain: Somerset by Mick Davis, David Las... - 9781526706164

Visitors' Historic Britain: SomersetRomans to Victorians\nAuthor(s): Mick Davis, David Lassman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Pen & Sword History\nISBN-13: 9781526706164, 978-1526706164\nSynopsis\nEvery inch of legendary Somerset is steeped in history, from the towns of Dunster and Taunton in the west, to those of Shepton Mallet and Frome in the east; while also contained within its county boundaries are the cities of Bath and Wells and the mystical and magical Isle of Avalon: Glastonbury.\n\nThe county, located in southwest England and part of the Ancient Kingdom of Wessex, has played a significant role in many of the nation's most formative events. These include the Roman occupation, Alfred the Great's rise to power, the English Civil War and the Monmouth Rebellion.\n\nAnd all this epoch-making activity has been played out against a landscape of dramatic and breath-taking beauty, from vast tracts of land such as Exmoor, hill r.